Trump undeterred. Were going to do things that havent been done for our country for many, many decades. This morning, a country divided comes together to witness a grand tradition. A peaceful transition of power. Were here to bring it to you live. The pomp, the pageantry, and, yes, the politics. As donald trump becomes our nations 45th president. Today, january 20th, 2017. The only thing we have to fear is fear itself ask not what your country can do for you, what you can do for your country. Theres always a better tomorrow. Announcer from nbc news, this is a special edition of today. The inauguration of donald trump wi guthrie. Live from washington, d. C. And good morning everyone. Were happy to welcome you to this special edition of today on friday morning in washington. Thats the west front of the u. S. Capitol where much of the action will take place today. Just about five hours from now, donald trump will be sworn in as president of these United States. Were just a stones throw from that building, the capitol building. With us all morning to guide us through the twists and turns of the inauguration, were happy to have chuck todd and Nicole Wallace. It seems like just two years ago we started this. A lots of words associated with Inauguration Days. You hear historic, exciting, hope. What are the words youre most often hearing associated with todays inauguration. Unusual, anxious, uncertain. Emotional. Ive been here for an incoming president and last whether out. Theres an emotion to the day. Right. Well cover the emotional moments. Lets quickly set the stage for the day and tell you what you can expect to see and when. At 8 30 a. M. , the president elect and his family will attend a Morning Worship Service at saint johns search also called the church of the president. Its Inauguration Day tradition dating back to fdr in 1933. From there donald trump and melania will head for tea and coffee with the president and the first lady. Its interesting to try to figure out to think what the conversations would be like in that car. The swearing in ceremony kicks off around 11 30 a. M. Supreme court chief Justice John Roberts will administer the oath of office and President Trump will give his inaugural minutes. Some say it will be a personal and sincere statement about his vision for this country. President elect spent last night here in washington, d. C. , attending a preinauguration dinner. And a welcomed celebration concert and a welcome celebration concert at the lincoln memorial. Were going to talk to the incoming press secretary, sean spicer. First, our team is across the capital. Lets begin with Hallie Jackson, at the capitol. Good morning to you. Reporter hi, matt. Good morning to you. This reporter im told by his senior transition source it will be nonideological and challenge people to think about politics a little bit differently on a day when donald trump will make history and begin to get to work trying to unite a divided nation. Inaugural celebration starting already hours before donald trump takes the oath of office, a final formal dinner by candle light as president elect. That was some big victory. Reporter trump delivering personal messages to his top aids and laying out a daunting challenge for his soninlaw jared kushner, a soontobe west wing advisor. If you cant produce peace in the middle east, nobody can. Reporter for the nations next first family the biggest moment of their lives. Taking it all to observe it all when a concert kicked off the action. Trump, looking loose, dancing and even singing. Later joking around about the weather today. If it really pours, thats okay. People will realize thats my real hair and its okay. Trumps inaugural address now finished. Described by his advisors as personal and elegant. Expect trump topics like infrastrue, an jobs wont be a policy speech. More a philosophical one. About 20 minutes long. Roughly the same length as president obamas inaugural remarks. Protesters now packing d. C. Overnight setting off smoke devices, lightening fires, and clashing with police. In a city where more than 100 blocks downtown are closed. Police, particularly focussed on the threat of truck attacks, which is why big heavy vehicles have been placed in strategic spots. Up above, a nofly zone now twice the typical size with helicopters that can transmit any trouble spots via live video to police on the ground. All to protect spectators and the many vips here. The entire Supreme Court and most members of congress. Except about 60 democrats skipping it in hes not loved. We dont think hes making America Great again. Reporter who et. Cetera will be attending . All living former president s save for george h. W. Bush. He and his wife hospitalized in texas. His son, george w. Bush plans to be here, so does president carter and president clinton alongside Hillary Clinton. Face to face with her former rival for the First Time Since the campaign. Despite the clintons hoping to call the white house home again, itll be the trumps turn to move in today. And dont forget, after the president elect then president finishes his inaugural speech here, the senate will get to work starting to confirm Donald Trumps new cabinet. Its expected that pentagon pick general john mattis and james mattis and john kelley will sail through. Its possible mike pompeo could be delayed. If hes confirmed today, multiple sources tel that donald trump aims to visit the cia tomorrow to try to extend a kind of olive branch after weeks of bad blood between him and the Intelligence Community. Halle, thank you very much. Lets go over to the white house. President obama marking the final hours of his eight years in the oval office. Nbc National CorrespondentPeter Alexander has that part of todays story. Good morning to you, peter. Reporter good morning, matt. Were along the parade route. You can see the president ial seal behind me. Thats the viewing stand where donald trump will watch the parade as it passes him. Behind it is the white house. Take a look at the view inside the white house. Almost eerie quality we saw last evening. The photos posted by the washington post. They give you a sense of president obamas staff moving out. Desks empty. Iconic photographs coming off the walls and handwritten notes left behind by aids for their successors. Its tradition that the 44th president w handwritten note for the 45th. He posted a letter he written to the americans thanking them for the honor of serving. A short distance where were standing is the president s guest house. The principle suite 109 rooms is reserved for the president elect and his family as he stays there this morning. When he leaves there today, hell head to the events as they begin on this day, the first being at the church of the president s. When he leaves the blare house this morning, hell sign his name in the guest book. The last time hell sign it without president before his name. Matt, back to you. Peter, thank you very much. Thats one of the moments throughout the morning well be breaking in and covering live. Were joined by sean spicer who is the Incoming White House press secretary. Good morning. Congratulations. Good morning. I want to talk about tone the speech that President Trump will give. His inaugural address is one of the rare speeches that goes from the podium to the history books. Talk to me about the tone of it. Will it be optimistic . Healing . How can you describe it . I think itll be optimistic. It will be visionary but philosophical. This is going to be not necessarily an agenda. But a discussion about the proper role of government. The role of the citizenry. How we can move together as a country together to solve the problems that our country faces and the challenges as a united country. President elect trump said he didnt create the division in this country, it existed long before he became on the political scene. When he becomes president , one of the problems is try to heal the division. Will he have kind words for president obama . Will he have kind words for Hillary Clinton, his opponent in the general election . Hes already had kind words. If you listened to what we discussed about president obama. Him. And expressed his appreciation for the way he and the first lady and so many of the others in the administration i think he said the same about her. He recognizes since he became president its time to move on. The election ended on november 8th and we need to move forward. As recent as last week when the james koem any investigation came up. She shouldnt have been able to run in the first place and said guilty as hell. Thats last week. I think it has to do with the issue not necessarily the person. I think theres one thing to look at the facts that came out on with respect to the fbi. Her mishandleding of classified information. Its not an personal attack. The New York Times is reporting this morning there is apparently some intercepted communications that the fbi is looking at that may have something to do with associates of the president elect. Have to do with the russian hack. Number one, the president elect aware of this aspect of the investigation . Number two, is he going to pledge to have it be totally hands off. Let the investigation play out. Absolutely. Hes not going to shut it down. Hes not going to shut it down. Youve seen the Intelligence Committee launch an investigation. Its their prerogative to do that. Congress is free to investigate anything they choose to do. The president will make sure he gets the best information from the Intelligence Community and the department of justice to make the best decision possible. Were not looking to shut anything down. We want to know the facts. Sean, as recently as last night president elect trump congratulations on your job. I did combat with these guys you look a little its easier over here. Good luck. Thank you. Great person for the job. As recently as last night protect trump was talkiab hes acutely aware of the Broadcasting Cable schedule of himself. Do you expect him to stay as engaged in the coverage of himself . I think you can walk and chew gum himself. He has an unbelievable appetite for information, news, policy. Its not a one or the other. Hes up to all hours of the night and first thing in the morning and dedicated to focussing on moving this country forward. But he spends a lot of time making sure that he understands what is going on. Policy wise, National Security wise. He gets updates from staff. He brings in a lot of experts to make sure in his Decision Making process. Chuck brought it up while we were waiting. You have your cell phone over there. One of them. You have to give that one up for awhile. 12 01 we walk in. Senior members of the staff and have equipment ready to turn it over. The other. The peaceful transfer of power makes the nation so great. Peoples transition of twitter . Twitter handles. But it is an amazing thing and it makes us the envy of the world to watch the process. Regardless of political party. To see one party turn over the next. I cant thank the Obama Administration enough. I think they followed in the footsteps that george w. Bush handed over the white house to president obama. But thats what makes this nation so special. Sean, again. Its a busy morning. Thanks. Thank you guys. Congratulations. Enjoy the moment. What do we think . Sean is just tell you about this spicer guy. He has places to go. [ laughter ] talk about the tone of the speech what he expects from the president is that what you think is necessary . Look, it is. I think it is hard when youre sent here to shake things up. To knock heads in washington and strike a unifying its just hard to do both messages at the same time authentically. And i think thats the challenge for him today. I spent last week on the road with his supporters and only people that voted for donald trump. They want to see more of this side of him. They know hes a straight talking street fighter. They would like to see more of these. Im and i dont want to put ideas in anyones mind but hypothetically speaking you have the core supporters on the mall. Theyll be listening to his speech and look up on the podium or next to it and see Hillary Clinton, his opponent and remember some of the things that they said about each other during the campaign. And what are the fears that they may react in a vocal way toward her mimicking some of the things that have been said during the campaign . And i think you know what im talking about. I hear you. I cant imagine that happening. Its an opportunity for the president. It is. Its an opportunity for the president elect to, in that nt think even his supporters are i mean, its just a you cant control the crowd. You have to give that benefit of the doubt to the new president. Its an opportunity for him to set a tone and say that is over. Im president now and lets get to work. Just have Higher Expectations of the crowd. I think when you come to the capitol, you feel this moment. I dont care who you are as an american citizens. I hope youre right. Stay comfortable. Well be here a long time. We want to get to a few of the mornings headlines. Including breaking news from italy this morning. Eight people have been found alive under that avalanche that hit a remote mountain hotel. Rescuers are looking to free them. Up to 30 people were buried by the avalanche that was apparently triggered by recent earthquakes. Four people have been confirmed dead. About 18 others are still missing. And bush and his wife. A bush family spokesperson said theyre on the upswing. President bush is being treated for phenomena. Hes in intensive care at a houston hospital in stable condition. Barbara bush is recovering from bronchitis but said she feels a thousand percent better. Also, making headlines infamous drug kingpin Joaquin El Chapo guzman appearing in federal court today. Was extradited from mexico to the United States last night. He twice escaped from maximum Security Prisons in his country is a convicted leader of a drug cartel. They want to try him on federal trafficking charges including new york, san diego, miami, and chicago. Al roker made his way to washington, as well. He has the first check of the weather on Inauguration Day. Good morning to you, al. You are up there. Were down here on the stre look at the capitol and all of its grandeur. I never get tired of seeing that sight. Thats gorgeous. Lets look at our Inauguration Day weather. Here comes the good news is whatever comes is going to be quick rain. Were looking at those showers getting ready to push to the west of washington. We expect to see the activity move in sometime. So light showers. Light showers. Temperatures cooler than we thought earlier in the week. It clears and moves up in the northeast. Heres our forecast for today. Noontime, swearing in. 44, cloudy, scattered showers. By the time the parade kicks off at 3 00, mostly cloudy, school, a te well this heres a loadbearing wall. Well go ahead and rip that out. Thatll cause a lot of problems. Hmm. Totally unnecessary and it triples the budget. Well be totally behind schedule, right . laughschedules. Schedules. Great, okay. Wouldnt it be great if everyone said what they meant . It lets you earn double cash back 1 when you buy, and 1 as you pay. The citi double cash card. Double means double. Good morning. Showers approaching the area. Nouemanely west of the district and mostly near the Shenandoah Valley. Theyre approaching the d. C. Area. There you see them off to the west and heavy rain there. But as we go through the middle of the day, most of that rain will be on the light side. 41 in the district now. A calm wind. As we go through the day today. Temperatures mid to upper 40s. Light rain moving in by noon through the afternoon tampering off. For any inaugural balls later on today, well be nice and dry. And thats your latest weather. Al, thank you very much. Coming un, Senate Minority leader Chuck Schumer weighs in on todays transfer new administration. Hell join us live. An inside look at one of the most hectic events here in washington today. Moving one first family out of the white house and a new one in with hours to get the job done. 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